First, the good news: Surgeons at University Medical Center have successfully reattached the piece of skull that had been removed from bantamweight boxer Z “The Dream” Gorres, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a November fight at Mandalay Bay’s House of Blues.
Now the bad news: Last week’s intricate procedure at the publicly funded hospital, combined with more than two months of around-the-clock nursing care and painstaking rehabilitation work by a team of physical therapists, has driven the medical expenses of the financially strapped Gorres to nearly $600,000. It’s a bill that Southern Nevada taxpayers must largely pick up, because state law requires promoters to put up only $50,000 worth of medical insurance for each fighter in the ring.The consequences of the Filipino boxer’s brain injury have prompted elected officials and the Nevada Athletic Commission to work toward crafting a solution that keeps taxpayers off the hook for the medical care of professional boxers.
But Las Vegas is home to lots of different events, and some are very risky. Could Clark County taxpayers end up footing the bill when other athletes [...]
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Medical insurance coverage an issue for Las Vegas events
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Cancer, heart attack and organ failure are the biggest and most frequently claimed for illnesses on medical insurance. However, new discoveries are being made all the time and it is hoped that this reduce premiums for medical insurance as these illnesses become more manageable and treatable.
Breast cancer is one of the few cancers that can be linked to genes and one of the biggest illnesses responsible for women making medical insurance claims. However, in medical advances, scientists have identified the key gene responsible for the spread of this devastating disease to other parts of the body.
Apparently, the gene SATB1 controls how more than 1,000 other genes behave within tumour cells and when it is over-activated, this is when the path for cancer is smoothed into other parts of the body. Interfering with this gene through the use of specific drugs would halt the march of cancer through the body, helping over 44,000 women in the UK every year.
Further news from the world of medicine includes news that experiments are being carried out that will cause tiny pieces of skin [...]
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There has to be a way to counter the rising medical costs. Medical insurance is one of them. And supposing that you do not have this insurance as yet, you need to give it a sober thought. This policy will cover the major costs incurred on major health problems that anyone can face.
It is known that in today’s busy and stressful lifestyles, even a healthy person’s health can go for atoll any time. With so much of unhealthy eating habits, you can never be sure of any disease growing within and when the symptoms may surface. Seasonal changes and change of physical environments also have a profound effect upon our health. This needs good consideration so that you be careful. One of the important measures to be taken is to go for a medical insurance so that you can at least cover the regular visits you might have to make to the doctor. Visits to the doctor also serve as good preventive measures. This is so because regular check ups make you confident of your health and you know [...]
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Affordable medical insurance is very easy to secure in the United States. This is because there are plenty of companies that provide services that result in people getting health insurance packages that are perfectly suited for both their budgetary boundaries and any other concerns that they may have. Through these companies people are able to circumvent the hassles that come with health insurance buying efforts. To add to the ease and convenience, people have a choice between using these companies and the internet.
It is quite saddening that there are lots of people who are not placed under any type of medical cover plan simply because they are not aware that there exist affordable plans for their situation. Such people tend to brush off the need to visit a doctor whenever they feel sick and only tend to do so when the ailment has developed in to something more serious.
There are plenty of determinants that govern the choice of medical insurance plan that you will be granted. Some of the most common amongst these have to do with whether the policy [...]
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